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05-05-2010, 04:01 PM
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Webmaster
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Home of the "Flying Tomato"
Carlsbad, CA
Posts: 2,036
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Chicago (ASCO) Anyone ?
Dear Patient Advocate,
On behalf of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), we are pleased to invite you to participate in the Patient Advocate Programs at the ASCO Annual Meeting being held June 4 – 8, 2010, at McCormick Place in Chicago.
The 2010 ASCO Annual Meeting will be a forum for cutting edge scientific and educational developments in oncology, with a focus on advancing quality through innovation. The ASCO Annual Meeting provides an opportunity to discuss the latest innovations in research, quality, practice, and technology in cancer.
Please visit Patient Advocate Programs at the ASCO Annual Meeting on ASCO’s patient information website, Cancer.Net, for detailed information, application forms, and important deadlines on the following:
Ø Reduced Registration Rate for Patient Advocates
Ø The ASCO Cancer Foundation Patient Advocate Scholarship Program
Ø ASCO-Sponsored Patient Advocacy Exhibit Booth
Ø Individual Patient Advocacy Organization Exhibit Booths
Ø Patient Advocate Lounge
Ø Research Review Sessions for Patient Advocates
Ø ASCO President’s Recognition Reception
We encourage you to share this information with your staff and any colleagues who may be involved in planning your organization’s participation in the ASCO Annual Meeting. Also, we encourage you to refer to the up-to-date information available on the ASCO Annual Meeting website as a resource for planning your attendance at the Meeting.
Should you have any questions, please contact us at patientadvocates@asco.org or 571-483-1369. We appreciate your support and look forward to a very successful meeting in Chicago.
Sincerely,
Jeannine Salamone
Senior Program Manager
Communications & Patient Information
American Society of Clinical Oncology
2318 Mill Road, Suite 800
Alexandria, VA 22314
www.asco.org • www.cancer.net • www.ascocancerfoundation.org
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05-05-2010, 11:08 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: South East Wisconsin
Posts: 3,431
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Re: Chicago (ASCO) Anyone ?
Uggg...$250 reduced rate.
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05-09-2010, 02:17 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Near Chicago
Posts: 196
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Re: Chicago (ASCO) Anyone ?
Anyone going? [Just curious as I'm practically right there.]
Melanie
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Diagnosed: 7/13/07 (or 7/7/07)
Surgery: 8/15/07 Modified Radical One Side with Lymph Node Dissection
Pathology Report: ER/PR-, HER2+ with FISH at 8.4 copies, Grade 3, Stage IIIa, 3.2 cm tumor plus 4/19 positive lymph nodes
Portacath: 9/7/07
Chemo: 9/14/07 with AC (every three weeks) for four rounds
Physical Therapy for ROM Loss / "Cording" (but not Lymphodema)
Taxol + Herceptin weekly (started 12/2007 with 8 of 12 Taxol)
Radiation: (28 rads from 3/07 to 4/07)
Reconstruction (silicone implant)
Herceptin done (10/08)
Cognitive Remediation (11/08 - 12/08)
Lymphedema Diagnosed 5/10/10 (almost 3 years post cancer diagnosis)
Lymphedema Rehab 9/10/10 - 11/10/10
Six years NED...7/7/2013!
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05-09-2010, 05:37 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Cordoba, Mexico
Posts: 672
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Re: Chicago (ASCO) Anyone ?
Hi,
I will be there, can´t wait!
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Dx. June 30th, 2006 at age 43
Lumpectomy rt breast
2.2 cm tumor, 13 nodes all negative
ER-PR+,her2+++
6 FAC
32 Rads
Dx. Lung fibrosis due to radiation
Ended 1 year herceptin in March, 2008
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05-10-2010, 07:45 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2006
Location: northshore suburb of chicago
Posts: 1,093
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Re: Chicago (ASCO) Anyone ?
Wish I could but will be recovering from a total shoulder replacement...ouch! It was such a positive experience when I joined Joe and Christine there a few years ago. Joe, Do you still have a picture of me and the family the year I joined you? Just curious because I never saw it posted.
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~Rina~
Dx:3/06 had a lumpectomy April 19, 2006
Her2+ er/pr- Stage I Grade 3 tumor size 1.4 cm, node negative
AC 4 dense doses
34 radiation treatments including booster doses
receiving herceptin every 3 weeks since late August 2006 for 12 months
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05-14-2010, 03:54 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 1,851
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Re: Chicago (ASCO) Anyone ?
I'll be there. I'm really looking forward to it.
Joan
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Diagnosed stage 2b in July 2003 (2.3 cm, HER2+, ER-/PR-, 7+ nodes). Treated with mastectomy (with immediate DIEP flap reconstruction), AC + T/Herceptin (off label). Cancer advanced to lung in Jan. 2007 (1 cm nodule). Started Herceptin every 3 weeks. Lung wedge resection April 2007. Cancer recurred in lung April 2008. RFA of lung in August 2008. 2nd annual brain MRI in Oct. 2008 discovered 2.6 cm cystic tumor in left frontal lobe. Craniotomy Oct. 2008 (ER-/PR-/HER2-) followed by targeted radiation (IMRT). Coughing up blood Feb. 2009. Thoractomy July 2009 to cut out fungal ball of common soil fungus (aspergillus) that grew in the RFA cavity (most likely inhaled while gardening). No cancer, only fungus. Removal of tiny melanoma from upper left arm, plus sentinel lymph node biopsy in Feb. 2016. Guardant Health liquid biopsy in Feb. 2016 showed mutations in 4 subtypes of TP53. Repeat of Guardant Health biopsy in Jana. 2021 showed 3 TP53 mutations, BRCA1 mutation and CHEK2 mutation. Invitae genetic testing showed negative for all of these. Living with MBC since 2007. Stopped Herceptin Hylecta (injection) treatment in March 2020. Recent 2021 annual CT of chest, abdomen and pelvis and annual brain MRI showed NED. Praying for NED forever!!
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